Kabel Deutschland continues to post strong growth

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1 INVESTOR RELATIONS RELEASE Kabel Deutschland continues to post strong growth Unterfoehring, November 17, 2009 Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany s largest cable operator, announced today its financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2009 of its fiscal year 2009/2010. RGUs, subscriber numbers and ARPUs as per September 30, 2009: Total Revenue Generating Units (1) increase by 585 thousand to million, up 5.2% from previous year. Internet and Phone RGUs grow by 645 thousand units compared to September 30, 2008 and reach 1,722 thousand, a 59.8% increase over prior year. 851 thousand RGUs are from the Internet services sector (previous year 548 thousand), 872 thousand RGUs from the phone services sector (previous year 530 thousand). Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs increase by approximately 21 thousand units year over year reaching 844 thousand on September 30, 2009, a 2.5% increase over last year. The pay TV RGUs coupled with Digital Access RGUs and personal video recorders (Kabel Digital+) contribute to a total of approximately 2.2 million digital video RGUs (1.9 million in the previous year). Premium service RGUs (digital access, pay TV, PVRs (2), Internet and Phone) comprise 32.9% of total RGUs compared to 26.4% in the previous year. Total subscribers reach 9 million on September 30, Subscribers now take an average 1.31 RGUs compared to 1.23 as of September 30, The monthly total blended ARPU per subscriber (3) for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 amounts to (previous year s same quarter 10.92). Monthly total blended ARPU per RGU (4) increases to 9.13 (previous year 8.97) for the quarter ended September 30, Highlights from Kabel Deutschland s consolidated financials for its second quarter ended September 30, 2009: Total revenues grow by 8.6% to million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 (previous year s same quarter million). Subscription based revenues grow by 7.7% and reach million and now account for 87.8% of total revenues. Kabel Deutschland GmbH

2 Subscription based revenues from the Company s premium services grow by 39.1% over the comparable period and amount to million representing 31.4% of the Company s overall subscription based revenues ( 72.9 million representing 24.3% of the overall subscription based revenues in the quarter ended September 30, 2008). Adjusted EBITDA (5) (EBITDA) increases by 14.4% and amounts to million compared to million in the same period last year. EBITDA margin (6) amounts to 44.4% compared to 42.1% during the second quarter of the previous year. Free cash flow (EBITDA Capex (7) ) grows by 44.8% to 82.7 million compared to prior year s Q2 free cash flow of 57.1 million. Free cash flow margin amounts to 22.5% compared to 16.8% in the same period last year. The Company posts a net loss of 1.5 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2009 compared to a net loss of 22.3 million in the previous year. Highlights from Kabel Deutschland s consolidated financials for six months ended September 30, 2009: Total revenues grow by 10% to million compared to million in the same period in the previous year. Subscription based revenues grow by 9.7% and reach million ( million) Subscription based revenues now account for 88.2% of total revenues. Subscription based revenues from the Company s premium services amount to million and represent 30.5% of overall subscription based revenues ( million representing 23.5% of the Company s overall subscription based revenues in the six months ended September 30, 2008). Subscription based revenues from premium services grow by 42.5% over the comparable period. Adjusted EBITDA increases by 16.2% and amounts to million ( million). EBITDA margin amounts to 43.8% compared to 41.4% during the six months ended September 30, Free cash flow (EBITDA Capex) grows by 41.5% to million compared to prior year s six months free cash flow of million. Free cash flow margin amounts to 23.0% compared to 17.9% in the same period last year The Company posts a net profit of 4 million in the first six months ended in September 30, 2009 compared to a net loss of 20.6 million during the previous year s same period. Kabel Deutschland GmbH Page 2 / 11

3 Cash flow, capital expenditures and liquidity Cash flow from operations for the six months ended September 30, 2009 amounted million compared to million in the same period in the previous year. The customers acquired in the acquisition of cable assets from Orion Cable Group in April 2008 were integrated into KDG s billing system which changed the billing frequency. This had a one-time effect for the six months ended September 30, 2009 which in effect led to a decrease in Net Working Capital and consequently in cash flows from operating activities in this period. This shift in billing frequency is purely a timing issue and will not impact cash flows from operating activities over the course of the fiscal year 2009/2010. Capex amounted to million in the six months ended September 30, 2009, 20.7% of revenues. Approximately 59.4% of Capex were primarily related to the acquisition and installation of Internet and phone subscribers and to a lesser extent related to level 3 network upgrade. The comparable Capex in the previous year amounted to million or 23.5% of revenues, of which approximately 55.6% were spent for the acquisition of Internet and phone subscribers and network upgrade. Cash on hand of 25.1 million coupled with revolver capacity of 325 million yielded million of liquidity on September 30, Balance sheet Total interest bearing indebtedness was at 2,440.6 million; net debt was 2,415.5 million on September 30, 2009 resulting in a net debt / annualized quarterly EBITDA (4 x million = 654 million) ratio of 3.69 times through the Senior Notes (previous year: 4.46 times) and 2.54 times through the senior credit facilities (previous year: 3.14). Financial calendar The IFRS financials for KDG s third quarter and nine months of its fiscal year 2009/2010 as per December 31, 2009 will be released at the end of February Please refer to our website for further information. The complete financial statements as of September 30, 2009 will be available on our website as of tomorrow. About Kabel Deutschland Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany s largest cable operator, offers its customers analog and digital TV, broadband Internet and fixed line phone services via cable as well mobile services in cooperation with an industry partner. The company operates the cable networks in 13 German federal states and supplies its services to approximately 9 million connected households in Germany. KDG offers an open digital TV platform for all program providers. Kabel Deutschland GmbH Page 3 / 11

4 Contact: Kabel Deutschland GmbH Betastr Unterfoehring Germany Insa Calsow: Elmar Baur: Astrid Adamietz: / ; / ; / ; This release is also available at This Investor Relations release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provision of the US securities laws. These statements are based on management's current expectations or beliefs and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors (including, but not limited to, future global economic conditions, market conditions affecting the building sector, foreign exchange rates, intense competition in the markets where we operate, potential environmental liability and capital costs of compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards in the markets where we operate, diverse political, legal, economic and other conditions affecting the markets where we operate, our ability to successfully integrate business acquisitions and our ability to service our debt requirements). Many of these factors are beyond our control. Investors and security holders are urged to read our quarterly report available on our website because it will contain important information. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information. Kabel Deutschland GmbH Page 4 / 11

11 Footnotes (1) RGU (Revenue Generating Unit) is related to the sources of revenue, which may not always be the same as subscriber numbers. For example, one person may subscribe to two different services, thereby accounting for only one subscriber but for two RGUs. (2) PVRs (Personal Video Recorders): KDG reports only those customers who have decided to subscribe to and pay for the PVR product which differs from the past. (3) Total blended monthly ARPU per subscriber is calculated by dividing Kabel Anschluss, Kabel Digital, Kabel Internet, Kabel Phone, KD+ (PVR) and TKS (cable TV) subscription revenues (excluding installation fees) for the relevant period by the average number of subscribers for that period and the number of months in the period. (4) Total blended monthly ARPU per RGU is calculated by dividing Kabel Anschluss, Kabel Digital, Kabel Internet, Kabel Phone, KD+ (PVR) and TKS (cable TV) subscription revenues (excluding installation fees) for the relevant period by the average number of RGUs for that period and the number of months in the period. (5) Adjusted EBITDA: Profit from ordinary activities before depreciation, amortization, non-cash compensation, which consists primarily of expenses related to our management equity programs and non-cash restructuring expenses ( Adjusted EBITDA ), is a measure used by management to measure our operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized accounting term, does not purport to be an alternative to profit from ordinary activities or cash flow from operating activities and should not be used as a measure of liquidity. We believe Adjusted EBITDA facilitates operating performance comparisons from period to period and company to company by eliminating potential differences caused by variations in tax positions (such as the impact on periods or companies of changes in effective tax rates or net operating losses) and the age and book depreciation of tangible assets (affecting relative depreciation expense). Because other companies may not calculate Adjusted EBITDA identically to us, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated in the same way that Consolidated EBITDA is calculated under the indenture governing the Notes or under the terms of our Senior Credit Facilities. However, Adjusted EBITDA is a commonly used term to compare the operating activities of cable companies. (6) Adjusted EBITDA margin is a calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues. (7) Capex: excluding M&A and transponder leases. (8) ARPU (Average revenue per unit) is calculated by dividing the subscription revenue (excluding installation fees) for a period by the average number of RGU for that period and the number of months in that period. Kabel Deutschland GmbH Page 11 / 11

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